The INSANE physics of AI chip manufacturing, with Rodrigo Liang, CEO of SambaNova

06/02/2024 47 min
The INSANE physics of AI chip manufacturing, with Rodrigo Liang, CEO of SambaNova

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This week I’m speaking with Rodrgo Liang, CEO at SambaNova Systems, Softbank-backed full stack AI startup that creates specialised AI chips and software to sell to enterprises.He’s a former head of engineering at Oracle and HP and holds a masters from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering.In the show we discuss all things chips - from CPUs, to GPUs, to RDUs and everything in between. We also cover the chip manufacturing supply chain, TSMC, and why designing and building them is so incredibly difficult.00:00 - Intro03:25 - CPUs and GPUs08:00 - The impact AI is going to have on business12:30 - Building AI from the ground up18:00 - Using open source to build models for Enterprise22:22 - RDUs - like GPUs, only better29:38 - Driving efficiency in AI37:30 - The crazy physics behind manufacturing chips44:00 - TSMC#TSMC #sambanova #ai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.